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Why Sugar Is Slow Suicide for Your Body
…energy requirements; as a result, they have the highest degree of glycation. How You Can Guard Against Glycation * Cut Back on Sugar * Use Natural Sweeteners Like Stevia and Xylitol * Eat Fresh Fruits and Vegetables * Maintain High Antioxidant Levels Cut Back on Sugar I'm not talking about just the white…
How to Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally
…die. Back to Top Eliminate Sugar Quite simply, sugar is slow suicide, and high fructose corn syrup is our method of choice. It’s hard to find a sweetened food product that doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup—it’s in candies, soda, cereals, crackers, bread, and hundreds of other items. When…
Acid-Forming and Alkalinizing Foods
…, macadamias, filberts, Brazil nuts, and peanuts * Colas * Alcoholic drinks * Coffee and other caffeinated drinks * Sweetened yogurt * Most forms of sweeteners (artificial sweeteners, cane sugar, beet sugar, barley syrup, processed honey, maple syrup, molasses, fructose, lactose) * Refined table salt…
The Glycemic Index Explained
…weight and, more importantly, to be able to maintain the proper weight without constant dieting and/or starving, one has to eliminate sweets and sweeteners (which have been shown to interfere with the body’s ability to feel satisfied). And counting calories is no longer necessary once you begin to…
Habits That Prevent Colds and Flu
…Try to eat cold-water fish, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and cod, several times a week and avoid the saturated fat in red meat. Appropriate sweeteners. It's also important that you stay away from processed sugar. Sugar plays havoc with your immune system by depleting your adrenal glands, and it…
Beneficial Bacteria Aid Digestive—and Overall—Health
…digestive health, but your overall health. For example, beneficial bacteria: * Acidify the colon * Normalize bowel movements * Eliminate gas problems and sweeten breath * Help maintain healthy cholesterol levels * Help regulate hormone levels * Aid in the formation of certain vitamins * Aid in the production…
The Migraine-Magnesium Connection
…pressure medications further decrease magnesium levels. Soft drinks contain phosphates that bind with magnesium and prevent its absorption, and the sweetener aspartame has the same effect. Alcohol and nicotine disrupt magnesium levels; so do many of the current steroid and antibiotic medications, as well…
Six Easy Ways to Detoxify Your Life
…,000 ORAC units a day that I was talking about earlier. Beet juice is particularly good in this respect. Adding beet juice to carrot juice not only sweetens the taste, but also significantly increases your blood's antioxidant capacity. Plus, beet juice stimulates the production and excretion of bile from…
Foods You Must Avoid for Weight Loss
…aware that can be a tall order. HFCS is added to hundreds of best-selling foods—so check labels carefully to avoid foods that contain this harmful sweetener. * White flour. White flour is another diet offender. It has no nutritional value and can cause blood sugar control problems. Fortunately, there are…
Drink Fresh Juice Daily
…5,000 ORAC units a day (Oxygen Radical Absorbance). Beet juice is particularly good in this respect. Adding beet juice to carrot juice not only sweetens the taste, but also significantly increases your blood’s antioxidant capacity. Plus, beet juice stimulates the production and excretion of bile…
My Natural Treatments and Remedies for Food Allergies or Food Intolerances
…tract without provoking food allergy symptoms. One such substance is activated charcoal. Activated charcoal suspended in either plain water or a sweetened solution is available over the counter. To be effective, it generally takes a fairly large dose, so 60 grams of activated charcoal for an adult isn’t…
High Fructose Corn Syrup: How Sweet It Isn't
…spaghetti sauces, and an endless variety of snacks. If you eat any processed foods—and we all do—it’s practically impossible to avoid all HFCS-sweetened products. At one time, fructose was thought to be a healthy sugar substitute, since it is the same type of sugar found in fruits and some vegetables…
How Can I Prevent a Gout Attack?
…gout. Fructose is found in many fruits, but most of the fructose we consume nowadays comes in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, which is used to sweeten everything from bread to sodas. Studies have found that consuming just one soft drink a day increases the risk of gout by about 50 percent, and two…
